Paragraph 1

Subject to the following sub-paragraphs, where the United Kingdom Ethics Committee Authority (“the Authority”) receive a notice pursuant to F1regulation 24(3) that a F2sponsor wishes to appeal against an ethics committee opinion which is not favourable, the Authority shall, subject to sub-paragraph (2)—

F4... The Authority may refuse to give a direction F5... pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) where it considers that the grounds for appealing against the opinion are unfounded.

Where the Authority refuse to give a direction F6... pursuant to sub-paragraph (1), the Authority shall send a notice to the F7sponsor setting out their reasons for refusal.

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